Ophthalmic mounting



March 5- G. A. ELLESTAD ET AL OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING Filed Sept. 20, 1941 INVENTORS BY film ATTORNEY GERHARD' A.ELLESTAD CHESTER G SALMON Patented Mar. 20, 1945 v UNITED STAT OPHTHALMIC MOUNTING Gerhard A. Ellestad, Rochester, and Chester G.

Salmon, Greece, N. Y.; assignors to Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 20, 1941,: Serial No. 411.732

3Claims. (or. 88-43) This invention relates to ophthalmic mountings and more particularly it has reference to spectacles and eyeglasses embodying multifocal lenses which may be selectively raised or'lowered to locate the difierent portion of the multifocal lens so as to afford maximum comfort and eflicienc'y in use. i j

' One of the objects of our. invention is to provide an ophthalmic mounting of. the type described which is simple in construction yet efiicient'in use. Another object is to provide an ophthalmic mounting in which the lenses are pivotally connected to the bridgeby links which may be selecapertures adjacent its two ends forfreely receivtively locked in raised or lowered'position by rela tively simple and inconspicuous means. A further object is to provide resilient detent means for locking in adjusted position a link pivotally connecting a lens holding device to the bridge of an ophthalmic mounting. These and other objects and advantages reside in certain novel'features of construction, arrangementand combination of bridge and with the lens in the down position.

- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showingthe position of the link when the lens is in the up position.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 55 of Fig. 2.

/ Fig.6 is a view takenon line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. '7 is a view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of a spectacle embodying a modification.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary rear view showing the link connection embodied in the modification.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line lll-|ll of Fig. Fig. 11 is a similar view showing a further modification.

One embodiment of our invention is disclosed in the drawing wherein I5 indicates, generally, a

spectacle having the bridge 16 connecting the two multifocal lenses l1 having the reading portions l8. Attached to the temporal sides of the lenses are the usual end pieces 19 which pivotally support the temples, not shown. The lens holding device such as the strap 20 is secured to the nasal edge of each lens by screw 2! or other suit- I able fastening means. Fixedly secured to each strap 20 are the inwardly extending; spaced. lugs or bearing members 22 and 23 having aligned apertures through which extends the pintle 24.

Theoutwardly extending, spaced bearing members 25 and Rare fixedly secured to the lower end of each side 21 of the bridge I6. The bearings 25 and 26 have aligned apertures through which extends the pintle 28. A link 29, having ing the pintles 24 and 28, provides a pivotal con nection between the lens holding device 20 and the bridge side 21 so that the lens holding device 20 and its attached lens I! may be verticallyade justed relative to the bridge I6 by swinging the lens to the up position of Fig. 3 or thedown position of Fig. 2. Secured to the lower .end of each side 21 of bridge it is the rearwardly extending arm 30 whichcarr'ies the nose engaging pad 3| for supporting the spectacleon the nose of the wearer.

In order to retain the lenses in the adjusted up or down position, one end of the rear side. of link 29 is cut away as shown at 32 in Fig.6

to permit a cupped spring washer 33 to be placed on pintle 24 as clearlyshown in Figs. 5 and 6; The front face of link 29 is'provided with an upstanding lug or projection 34 which is adapted to engage a groove or depression 35 on theinner face of bearing member 22. from Figs. 5 and 6, the spring washer33normally tends to hold the lug 34 in the groove 35 and thereby locks the link 29 in position and' so retains the lens I! in its adjusted vertical position. When it is desired to adjust the lens vertically,

the lens holding device 20 and its attached lens I! are moved so as to force the lug 34 out of the depression 35 against the tension of spring 33. The groove 35 extends entirely across the inner face known in the.art. The side 21 of bridge I6 carrice the outwardly extending bearing members 25 and 26' having aligned apertures for receiving pintle 28 while the eyewire 40 carries the spaced bearing members 22' and 23 having aligned apertures for receiving the pintle 24'. The apertured link 29 pivotally connects the-two pintles 24' and 28' so that the lens I'l' may be vertically As will be obvious is shown in Figs. 840 wherein locking means for the eyewire 40 and its lens IT to the up or fdown position.

In order to retain the link 29' in either the up or down, position, we have provided a resilient spring member 4| which is fixedly secured to the rear .face of bearing member 26' by an integral pin 42 or other suitable means, The free end of spring 4| has a bent portion or detent 43 adapted to cooperate with a groove 44 formed on the rear face of eyewire 40 as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The link 29' and, the lens I1 will thereby be held in adjusted position and may be moved by forcing the detent 43 out of engagement with groove 44 against the tension of spring 4|. In Fig. 11 we have shown a further modification in which the detent 43 engages the edge 45 of the eyewire 40 to hold the lens l1 in adjusted position. Arm 30' carries the usual nose engaging pad 3|. I

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that we are able to attain the objects of our invention and provide an improved ophthalmic mounting for multifocal lenses which may be vertically adjusted relative to the bridge. Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit, of our invention as pointed outin the appended claims. The form shown in'Figs. 1-7 is well adapted for use with the so-called rimless type of spectacle or eyeglass and may, of course, be equally well applied to the rimmed or semirimmed types of spectacles and eyeglasses. Various changes canalso be made in the resilient retaining the lenses in adjusted position. We claim:

1. An ophthalmic mounting comprising a pair of spaced lens holding devices carrying multifocal lenses, a bridge positioned between said devices, said bridge being the sole means connecting said devices, means for selectively ad justing the lenses to either upper or lower positions relative to the bridge to selectively position diiferent vision fields of the lenses before the eyes of the wearer, said means being constructed so that the distance between the centers of the lenses is substantially the same when the lenses are in said upper and lower ositions, said means comprising bearing means carried by the nasal sides of the respectively adjacent bridge sides and lens holding devices, pintles carried by the bear ing means and a link connecting the adjacent pintles on each side of the bridge, said links be ing mounted on said pintles to swing in planes 2,371,745 V adjusted with respect to bridge l6 by swinging I substantially parallel to the planes of the lenses, and resilient means carried by the bearing means for selectively holding the lenses in said upper and lower positions.

2. An ophthalmic mounting comprising a pair of spaced lens holding devices carrying multifocal lenses, a bridge positioned between said devices, said bridge being the sole means connecting said devices, means for selectively adjusting the lenses to either upper or lower positions relative to the bridge to selectively position difierent vision fields of the lenses before the eyes of the wearer, said means being constructed so that the distance between the centers of the lenses is substantially the same when the lenses are in said upper and lower positions, said means comprising bearing means carried'by the nasal sides of the respectively adjacent bridge sides and lens holding devices, pintles carried by the bearing means and a link connecting the adjacent intles on each side of the bridge, said links being mounted on said pintles to swing in planes which are'substan'tially' parallel to the planes of the lenses, and spring pressed detent means carried by the bearing means, said detent means having means coacting with the links for selectively holding the lenses in said upper and lower positions.

3. An ophthalmic mounting comprising a pair of spaced lens holding devices carrying multifocal lenses, a bridge positioned between said devices, said bridge being the sole means connecting said devices, means for selectively adjusting the lenses to either upper or lower positions relative to the bridge to selectively position different vision fields of the lenses. before the eyes of the wearer, said means being constructed so that the distance between the centers of the lenses is substantially the same when thelenses are in said upper and lower positions, said means comprising bearing means carried by the nasal sides of the respectively adjacent bridge sides and lens holding de-' vices, pintles carried by the bearing means and a link connecting the adjacent pintles on each side 

